VALENTINE Y. TALLBERG RECORDS SUBSERIES, Accession 480

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1 Finding Aid for VALENTINE Y. TALLBERG RECORDS SUBSERIES, Finding Aid Published: September 2011 Electronic conversion of this finding aid was funded by a grant from the Detroit Area Library Network (DALNET) Oakwood Boulevard Dearborn, MI USA research.center@thehenryford.org

2 OVERVIEW REPOSITORY: Benson Ford Research Center The Henry Ford Oakwood Blvd Dearborn, MI ACCESSION NUMBER: 480 CREATOR: Ford Motor Company. Engineering Division. TITLE: INCLUSIVE DATES: QUANTITY: 4.4 cubic ft. LANGUAGE: The materials are in English ABSTRACT: Valentine Y. Tallberg worked in multiple positions in Ford Motor Company, including Administrative Engineer and Vice President of Engineering. These records include meeting minutes and agendas, progress reports and program schedules of many of the committees on which Tallberg served. Page 2 of 8

3 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: The records are open for research COPYRIGHT: Copyright has been transferred to The Henry Ford by the donor. Copyright for some items in the collection may still be held by their respective creator(s). ACQUISITION: Ford Motor Company Archives donation, RELATED MATERIAL: Related material held by The Henry Ford: - Engineering Division (Ford Motor Company) records series, (bulk ), Multiple Accessions. PREFERRED CITATION: Item, folder, box, accession 480, Valentine Y. Tallberg records subseries, Engineering Division (Ford Motor Company) records series, Ford Motor Company Engineering records collection, Benson Ford Research Center, The Henry Ford PROCESSING INFORMATION: Collection processed by Ford Motor Company Archives staff, April, 1964 DESCRIPTION INFORMATION: Original collection inventory list prepared by Ford Motor Company Archives staff, and published in May Finding aid prepared by Elyssa Bisoski, September 2011, and published in September Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) and local guidelines. Page 3 of 8

4 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Valentine Yngve Tallberg was born in Domnarvet, Sweden, and immigrated to the United States in In 1928, he was hired by Russell I. Roberge and began working in the Foreign Department of the Ford Motor Company. After completing a service training course in various departments at the Rouge River Plant, Tallberg was sent to Germany as a service representative for Ford Werke A.G. in the Berlin assembly plant. By 1931, Tallberg was Chief Inspector and Chief Engineer for Ford Werke A.G. Tallberg returned to the United States after the outbreak of war in Europe and worked in various liaison positions between manufacturing plants, the engineering laboratory in Dearborn, and Ford executives. In 1946, Tallberg was named Administrative Engineer for Ford Motor Company and oversaw the administration of the newly reorganized Engineering Division. Functions of this office included the day-to-day administration of personnel, planning, scheduling, and inter-department communication between various production offices, administrative offices, and senior engineering executives. In 1955, Tallberg was named Executive Assistant to the Vice President of Engineering. SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The includes executive committee meeting minutes and supporting documentation, meeting agendas and minutes, department progress reports, and engineering program schedules. Committees Tallberg served on include Automobile Production Committee, Automotive Inter-Department Committee, Central Automotive Staff Committee, Engineering Planning Committee, Engineering Staff Committee, Executive Policy Committee, Production Co-ordination Committee, Products Committee, Scheduling Committee, Special Engineering Committee, Special Inter-Plant Committee, and Special Production Committee. These records, which range in date from 1944 to 1949, date from his time as Administrative Engineer. Page 4 of 8

5 ARRANGEMENT Records are arranged chronologically within folders. SUBJECT TERMS Names, Personal and Corporate Tallberg, Valentine Y. (Valentine Yngve), Ford Motor Company. Engineering Division Subjects Automobiles -- Design and construction Automobile engineers Automobile industry and trade Ford Model A automobile Ford automobile Lincoln Continental automobile Mercury automobile Production scheduling Tractor industry Truck industry Genre and Form Corporate minutes Reports Schedules (time plans) Page 5 of 8

6 CONTAINER LIST Box no. Description Box 1 Box 2 Box 3 Box 4 Box 5 Products committee meetings minutes to Related to Ford face lift, to Related to Mercury face lift, to Related to Lincoln face lift, to to (Binder 2) 1945 to 1947 (Binder 10) Competitive products Special reports and data, to Copies, to (binder l) Original signed vellums, to (binder 9) Binder 3 Product committee meeting minutes to to Agenda for product meetings, to Minutes of special meetings, to Minutes for engineering staff meetings, to Minutes of automotive inter-departmental meetings, to Work reports, Extra copies of minutes Production coordination meetings minutes Binder 5, to Binder 6, to Transcript of special production meeting of January 16, 1948; discussion of status of releases for the 1949 Ford. Page 6 of 8

7 Box 6 Box 7 Box 8 Box 9 Engineering planning meetings to (envelope E-2-M) to to (including work reports) Binder 11 Minutes of engineering planning meetings, to Engineering work reports, to Engineering planning committee agenda, Engineering planning committee history and meeting minutes, Tallberg, V.Y.- engineering planning meetings, notes, parts list, Tallberg employment records Miscellaneous Envelope E-2-M - special meetings, inter-departmental automobile production meetings, Binder 4- special engineering meetings, to Special meetings and special communications with signature listing, to Work reports, minutes and agendas of product meetings and engineering meetings with authorized signatures of those receiving this material, to Binder 12 Central automotive staff meetings, to Special engineering meetings, to Box 10 Envelope B-10-W - Transmission weight analysis and small Ford car analysis, Photographs of Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury engines, transmissions, and chassis, Scheduling committee meeting (binder 7), to General engineering meetings, , , , Lincoln Continental Program, to Lincoln Limousine and Town Car program, and Engineering memoranda (cost analysis of 6 and 8 cylinder engines, manifold systems on 1946 Ford, cost proposals for face lifting 1946 Ford), Page 7 of 8

8 Box 11 Miscellaneous Binder 8 New English car models, to Cost figures, to Ford 8-A engineering schedule, to Lincoln Cosmopolitan changes, Products planning committee, 1949 (2 folders) Mercury 1950 (face lift) memo, Lincoln and Cosmopolitan exterior change proposals and estimated tooling, 1950 Blank ballots for product committee Cost analysis memoranda, undated Page 8 of 8

DODGE BROTHERS COLLECTION, Accession 893

DODGE BROTHERS COLLECTION, Accession 893 Finding Aid for DODGE BROTHERS COLLECTION, 1904-1920 Finding Aid Published: January 2012 Electronic conversion of this finding aid was funded by a grant from the Detroit Area Library Network (DALNET) http://www.dalnet.lib.mi.us